F∆I Studio — desktop GUI for the F∆I hub
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fix: survive corrupt preferences at startup; drop CocoaPods leftovers
A black window on launch, no error anywhere: main() awaited
loadPersistedEndpoint before the first frame, and
SharedPreferences.getBool threw 'int is not a subtype of bool?' —
the store is writable from outside the app and hub.secure had been
written as int 0. Pref reads now go through defensive typed helpers
(int coerces to bool, wrong types fall back to defaults), and every
pre-frame restore step is failure-isolated: a broken store can cost
a preference, never the first frame. Regression tests stage the
corrupt store (the exact observed value and worse).

Also removes the CocoaPods leftovers from the macOS project
(Podfile, [CP] script phases, Pods framework references, xcconfig
includes): the project builds via Swift Package Manager, and the
dual wiring ran both dependency managers on every build — Flutter's
persistent 'removing CocoaPods will improve build time' warning.
Verified: clean profile build produces a launchable bundle (plugins
statically linked via SwiftPM), suite green, analyze clean.

Signed-off-by: flemming-it <stefan.a.flemming@googlemail.com>
2026-07-15 10:46:22 +02:00
.forgejo/workflows ci(security): add self-test harness (mirror of fai/platform) 2026-05-10 21:41:23 +02:00
.githooks docs: old product name F∆I Platform -> Ch∆In + contact chain@flemming.ai 2026-06-16 10:14:30 +02:00
assets feat: detached-runs monitor page (T3 parity) 2026-07-12 14:43:37 +02:00
docs fix(shell): daemon-start and health-poll auth handling; policy panel freshness 2026-07-15 05:50:24 +02:00
integration_test feat(settings): hub auth-policy panel — T4/T5 security parity in the GUI 2026-07-15 03:19:33 +02:00
lib fix: survive corrupt preferences at startup; drop CocoaPods leftovers 2026-07-15 10:46:22 +02:00
linux fix(ui): window title Ch∆In Studio (was F∆I); de-dup federation add-satellite 2026-06-18 12:53:35 +02:00
macos fix: survive corrupt preferences at startup; drop CocoaPods leftovers 2026-07-15 10:46:22 +02:00
test fix: survive corrupt preferences at startup; drop CocoaPods leftovers 2026-07-15 10:46:22 +02:00
tools feat(settings): hub auth-policy panel — T4/T5 security parity in the GUI 2026-07-15 03:19:33 +02:00
windows refactor: rename app fai_studio -> chain_studio 2026-06-16 17:48:11 +02:00
.gitignore feat: F∆I Studio MVP scaffold (Tier-2 desktop GUI) 2026-05-05 14:19:39 +02:00
.metadata feat: F∆I Studio MVP scaffold (Tier-2 desktop GUI) 2026-05-05 14:19:39 +02:00
.security-allow ci(hooks): pre-commit security check (mirror of fai/platform) 2026-05-09 13:32:26 +02:00
analysis_options.yaml feat: F∆I Studio MVP scaffold (Tier-2 desktop GUI) 2026-05-05 14:19:39 +02:00
CHANGELOG.md fix: survive corrupt preferences at startup; drop CocoaPods leftovers 2026-07-15 10:46:22 +02:00
CLAUDE.md docs: add CLAUDE.md with UI verification gate (screenshot light+dark, click-flow) 2026-07-13 14:10:14 +02:00
l10n.yaml feat(studio): app-wide i18n via flutter_localizations (v0.24.0) 2026-05-08 01:19:32 +02:00
pubspec.lock test: deterministic operator-guide screenshot harness 2026-07-13 00:47:41 +02:00
pubspec.yaml test: deterministic operator-guide screenshot harness 2026-07-13 00:47:41 +02:00
README.md docs: replace stale MVP-scaffold README with the current v0.70 reality 2026-07-07 13:44:40 +02:00

Ch∆In Studio

Desktop GUI client for the Ch∆In Platform hub. Tier-2 generic platform client per docs/architecture/client.md in the platform repo. Connects to a local or remote chain serve over gRPC / gRPC-Web.

Status: live product (v0.70+). Every page talks to the hub through chain_client_sdk; there is no mock data. End users launch Studio via chain studio, which downloads and verifies a prebuilt bundle from the release mirror (sha256 + signature) or rebuilds from source when a dev workspace is configured.

Pages

  1. Welcome — onboarding checklist, guided setup wizard, bundled documentation reader.
  2. Store — browse/search/install modules across multiple stores (pinned publisher keys, private sources, AI AskBar); installed modules live here as a filter.
  3. Flows — graph + text flow editor with a live Run tab (streamed step events, inline approvals). Editor ships as the chain_studio_flow_editor package.
  4. Audit — live event stream (StreamEvents) with filters, hash-chain verification, gated log reset.
  5. Approvals — pending system.approval@^0 reviews with approve / reject and payload disclosure.
  6. Doctor — diagnostics, daemon lifecycle, binary recovery.
  7. Föderation — satellite list, bootstrap-token enrolment, revocation.

Plus: settings dialog (System-AI, integrations/MCP/n8n, security, maintenance), Cmd+K palette, release-channel switcher.

Stack

  • Flutter 3.40+ (Desktop: macOS, Linux, Windows)
  • gRPC client via chain_client_sdk (sibling repo; pinned by relative path during development)
  • No external runtime dependencies; bundles its own Dart VM

Run locally

flutter run -d macos      # or -d linux / -d windows
flutter test

chain studio prefers a configured dev workspace and will flutter run from source when one resolves — see crates/chain_runtime_mgmt in the platform repo.

Repo placement

Published as fai/chain-studio on Forgejo (git.flemming.ai). The local directory follows the established fai_chain_* layout convention.

Why "Studio" and not "Stage"

"Stage" collided too easily with "staging environment" in developer English. "Studio" is the established industry pattern for creator-tools (Visual Studio, Android Studio, RStudio) and matches the GUI's audience of module developers, operators, and power users.